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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11649
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14970
13 Actual Demand 11330
14 Aggregate Planning 12387
15 Air Cargo 10288
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6781
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35060
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15440
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19489
20 Assembly Line 22881
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23168
22 Average Speed of Answer 26700
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23416
24 Batch Production 38809
25 Bill Discounting 14741
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11431
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7287
28 Blanket Release 10171
29 Bonded Warehouse 10202
30 Booking Number 14064
31 Bottleneck 9719
32 Buffer Stock 59690
33 Build to Stock 13159
34 Bullwhip Effect 9875
35 Business Logistics 26058
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12720
37 Capacity Management 41185
38 Capacity Utilization 14322
39 Capital Intensive 8600
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8961
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12304
42 Certified Supplier 9068
43 Channel Effectiveness 9067
44 Co-Destiny 9448
45 Co-managed Inventory 12740
46 Co-Packers 11923
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7032
48 Computer-Based Training 7813
49 Consular Invoice 20051
50 Container Depot 10742
51 Container Freight Station 10386
52 Continuous Replenishment 19737
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12227
54 Contract Carrier 7404
55 Contract of Affreightment 11560
56 Control Charts 8074
57 Cost Flow 10428
58 Courier Service 15430
59 CPFR 8353
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11958
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44580
62 Date Code 18557
63 Days of Supply 20032
64 Dead on Arrival 9511
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7442
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9069
68 Devanning 14361
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11130
70 Dispatching 24839
71 Distributed Inventory 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35170
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24401
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53047
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26468
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38472
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50214
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7748
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8460
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13690
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11058
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27362
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13237
102 Forward buying 30443
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8390
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11940
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8201
 
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